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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMatt Payne won Race 3 of the Perth Super440. Image: InSyde Media<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMatt Payne won Race 3 of the Perth Super440. Image: InSyde Media<\/p>\n
Payne complained of a vibration in the laps after a side-to-side hit as he passed Feeney exiting the pit lane following his final pit stop.<\/p>\n
Slow-motion footage of Payne\u2019s left rear wheel showed the tyre all out of shape. Despite the drama, he held on to win by more than one second.<\/p>\n
As it turned out, Feeney had a similar drama and was close to detonating his wheel too after the tyre came close to coming off the bead.<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew Broc was going to be quick and I knew that we were going to run the strategy we did to try and undercut them at that point,\u201d said Payne.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe banged wheels and then something just felt off, the car was so loose, it was so hard to drive.<\/p>\n
\u201cUp until that point it was mega but I just had to make sure to bring the [corner] entries back, not carry in too much speed.<\/p>\n
\u201cA credit to Broc. He raced me really clean, even when he bumped me and I lost it. He redressed, which was really cool. Big respect to him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Is this the deciding moment of the race?<\/p>\n
Catch all the action in the Race 25 Live Feed: https:\/\/t.co\/7dJ4PB7Dba<\/a> #RepcoSC<\/a> #Supercars<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/dZFKdSmsMz<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Supercars (@supercars) August 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n There was drama even before the race began. Ryan Wood reported an issue with his Walkinshaw Supra and pulled into the pits on the warm-up lap.<\/p>\n Feeney and Cameron Waters were evenly matched into Turn 1, but the inside line gave the Triple Eight Mustang the advantage.<\/p>\n Jobe Stewart had the save of the day on the first lap at Turn 6 when his Erebus Camaro cranked sideways.<\/p>\n Moments later, contact between Will Brown\u2019s left front corner and Rylan Gray\u2019s right rear cast the DJR Mustang off the road at Turn 6 and skating through the sand.<\/p>\n For the clash, Brown was given a 15-second penalty to serve in the first round of pit stops.<\/p>\n BIIIIIG contact between Will Brown and Rylan Gray!<\/p>\n Catch all the action in the Race 25 Live Feed: https:\/\/t.co\/7dJ4PB7Dba<\/a> #RepcoSC<\/a> #Supercars<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/kmUyTBn0bx<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Supercars (@supercars) August 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n After his power steering problems in qualifying, Grove Racing\u2019s Kai Allen wasted little time from 23rd on the grid. He made up seven places inside the first 10 laps to 16th.<\/p>\n On Lap 10, Allen got to Brown\u2019s outside exiting Turn 1. They rubbed wheels approaching Turn 2, which shot the Grove Mustang off the road.<\/p>\n At the head of the field, Payne got a good exit out of Turn 6 on Lap 14 to take second away from Waters on the straight to Turn 7.<\/p>\n The biggest mover in the opening stanza among the top 10 contenders was Chaz Mostert, who rose six places to sixth by Lap 16.<\/p>\n Mostert pitted on Lap 21 and came out behind Cameron, who successfully undercut the Walkinshaw Toyota.<\/p>\n Cameron climbed the kerb at Turn 2, had a massive tank-slapper, but escaped without more than a few hits of the lock stops.<\/p>\n That could have been a disaster! Aaron Cameron and Chaz Mostert have a big moment on pit exit!<\/p>\n Catch all the action in the Race 25 Live Feed: https:\/\/t.co\/7dJ4PB7Dba<\/a> #RepcoSC<\/a> #Supercars<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Nbwc42Jf4e<\/a><\/p>\n